PatientsLikeMe : Doxycycline Treatment Report

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Patients

Taking Doxycycline
12 Patients currently take Doxycycline
6 Patients stopped taking Doxycycline
alrightguy Sensation: Moderate Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile alrightguy 100mg daily since Mar 10, 2008
msdaisy Sensation: Moderate Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: severe Speech: none Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile msdaisy 100mg daily since Feb 26, 2007

Brand Names: Doxyferm
See also: Doxycycline Hyclate

What is Doxycycline? Doxycycline is a member of the tetracycline antibiotics group and is commonly used to treat a variety of infections. It is used off label as a sclerosing agent for pleural effusion injection; vancomycin-resistant enterococci

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Jump to:: Reasons Taken; Dosages; Duration; Patient Evaluations

Reasons Taken

18 patients in the community are taking or have taken Doxycycline.

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	11	61%
Slow my MS progress	2	11%
lymes disease	2	11%
uti	1	5%
Acne	1	5%
Don't know	1	5%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Doxycycline.

0 mg none	2 mg day	50 mg day	100 mg day	200 mg day
1	1	1	6	3

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Doxycycline or how long patients were taking Doxycycline before stopping.

Currently taking Doxycycline

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
0	1	1	2	2	0

Stopped taking Doxycycline

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
2	2	2	0	0	0

Why Patients Stopped Taking Doxycycline (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended	3	50%
Doctor's advice	2	33%
Personal research	1	17%
Side effects too severe	1	17%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 2 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Slight	100%	1

Slow my MS progress

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	0%	0
Moderate	50%	1
Mild	50%	1
None	0%	0

Top reported side-effects include: hurts my stomach, Stomach Cramps, Sensitivity to sun

Summary results are based on 2 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 2)

HopeLives

Sensation: None

Overall: Mild

Cognition: mild

Vision: moderate

Speech: none

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate

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by HopeLives
Oct 15, 2008